Reviews

Considering the time and resources spend it could (and should) have been so much more than what is offered here. I wont go into much detail as I am of the opinion people should go and see it for themselves to form their own opinion about it. The movie pretty much follows the book to an extent but messes up where persona's are concerned, women playing men characters and more of such. If you are going to do an adaption of a(ny) book, especially one as imposing as this one, just stay true to the original characters or dont make such a film at all as it totally messes up the storyline.

Being from '69 myself I can imagine this movie to be thus far ahead of its time, considering the technical and scientific part of the story, to have baffled and alienated (no pun) viewers for many years after its incarnation. However personally I have no love whatsoever for this movie and rated it with 6 stars merely because of its technical prowes. For the most part the story arc is flawed, as an ai as intelligent as HAL would have never beat around the bush as it did to reach its goal. For instance given the total control HAL had over all vital systems including life-support), and taking its intelligence level into consideration, it could have simply changed the oxygen mixture to a less favorable ratio (or cut of the oxygen supply instantly) as soon as it became aware of the threat of disconnection. Even more efficiently it could have just killed the astronauts on the spot while they were still conversing in the pod by ejecting the apparatus.

The movie was created with a lot of actual scientific knowledge and expertise behind it but in the end the entire story makes no sense at all and remains too abstract and too distant to connect to. The movie's creators obviously knew exactly what it all meant but personally I am quite sure there isnt a single viewer alive, out of the inside circle of the creator, able to get the gist of it.

Despite some reviews saying 'it isn't a preachy movie at all' it is really. While I do like a high sense of morality and a great deal of kindness this movie bears all the marks of religion (as a whole lot of religious ideology is being shoved down the viewers throat throughout the movie). All the (god fearing) people depicted in this movie are extremely kind and goodhearted as well, flawless really. Still I gave this a 3 out of 10 as the acting wasn't all that bad.

This 'Alien' movie truly was a waste of money and time, money to create it, my money, the time to create it and my time. In my opinion this hasn't got much to do with the original Alien franchise anymore. It feels incomplete, rushed and uninspired to say the least. One would have expected a true sequel to 'Prometheus', this last title which was a let down by itself though not so much as 'Alien Covenant'. Instead of picking up where Prometheus left off, as it should have happened, this movie adds nothing to the Alien universe that wasn't already present.

I wont spoil(er) too much and just keep it at that, as its also already much more than this 'movie' deserves.